Ukraine, 5-21-23

For today, links to reports from National Public Radio, the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. — MCM

   

Zelenskyy meets world leaders at G-7. Reported by Anthony Kuhn and Scott Detrow | NPR  Ukraine’s president Zelenskyy has joined President Biden and G-7 leaders in Hiroshima to talk about Russia’s war. The summit also includes discussion about China, North Korea and denuclearization. Click HERE to listen and read.

   

Zelenskyy denies Ukrainian city of Bakhmut occupied by Russian forces, by Zeke Miller, Elise Morton and Susie Blann | AP  HIROSHIMA, Japan — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said today that Russian forces weren’t occupying Bakhmut, casting doubt on Moscow’s insistence that the eastern Ukrainian city had fallen. “Bakhmut is not occupied by the Russian Federation as of today. . . . We are not throwing people [away] to die,” he said in Ukrainian through an interpreter. “People are . . . READ MORE . . .

   

Ukraine denies fall of Bakhmut, says advancing in suburbs. From AFP. Ukraine today denied Bakhmut had fallen to Russian troops in the longest battle of the war and said it was instead advancing around the suburbs, making it “very difficult” for Russian troops to stay in the devastated city. A day after Russian President Vladimir Putin . . . READ MORE . . .

   

Zelenskyy’s recent diplomatic moves signal a new phase for the war in Ukraine. Reported by Ayesha Rascoe andJoanna Kakissis | NPR  A look at Ukrainian President Zelenskyy’s diplomatic push and what it might mean for the the next phase of the war in Ukraine. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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Germany’s supplies of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine not on agenda – Chancellor Scholz. From Tass. HIROSHIMA, Japan — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that the participation of his country in a possible delivery of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine is not on the agenda. “First of all, everyone knows . . . READ MORE . . .